Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Dickey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dickey and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Dickey
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Dickey:
- 31.557116, -84.660195
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Dickey
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Calhoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- Since Dickey is near Randolph County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Randolph County
- eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Dickey ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Dickey.
There is one other community in Georgia which is also named Dickey.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Florida
- Idaho
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Maine
- Mississippi
- North Dakota
- Pennsylvania
- Armstrong County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Dickey [Armstrong County].
- Franklin County
- This Dickey is located in Franklin County and lies 687 miles [1,105.6 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Dickey that is located in Calhoun County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Dickey.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dickey ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Bermuda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Commissary Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Commissary Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commissary Hill
- Commissary Hill is located in Calhoun County
- Edison
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- Edison is located in Calhoun County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,407 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edison <5>
- Folks ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Grubb ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Jeff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Jones Spur
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Spur have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Spur
- Jones Spur is located in Baker County
- Leary
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leary have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leary
- Leary is located in Calhoun County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 560 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leary <5>
- Martins Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martins Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Crossroads
- Martins Crossroads is located in Randolph County
- Parksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parksville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parksville
- Parksville is located in Calhoun County
- Shivers Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shivers Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shivers Mill
- Shivers Mill is located in Randolph County
How Far From Dickey to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Dickey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dickey and extending to:
- Morgan, which is the Seat of Calhoun County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<3> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Dickey to Atlanta, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 664 miles [1,068.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,552 miles [10,544.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,246 miles [11,661.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,128 miles [8,252.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dickey. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Dickey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Dickey could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dickey) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dickey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.5571, Longitude: -84.6602 In this case, the coordinates for Dickey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <7> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Dickey to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.296 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.42 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.891 degrees. |